Table 3: Mean SAT Reasoning TestTM Verbal and Math Scores by State,
with Changes for Selected Years
(States are listed by percent of high school graduates who took the SAT Reasoning Test*.)
The College Board strongly discourages the comparison or ranking of states on the basis of SAT scores alone.
2005
STATE
Participation
Rate 2005*
One-Year
Change
2004
Verbal
Mean
Math
Mean
Verbal
Mean
Math
Mean
Verbal
Math
Five-Year
Change
2000
Verbal
Mean
Math
Mean
Verbal
Math
1995
Verbal Math
Mean Mean
Ten-Year
Change
Verbal
Math
New York
92%
497
511
497
510
0
1
494
506
3
5
495
498
2
Connecticut
86%
517
517
515
515
2
2
508
509
9
8
507
502
10
13
15
Massachusetts
86%
520
527
518
523
2
4
511
513
9
14
505
502
15
25
New Jersey
86%
503
517
501
514
2
3
498
513
5
4
496
503
7
14
New Hampshire
81%
525
525
522
521
3
4
520
519
5
6
520
515
5
10
District of Columbia**
79%
490
478
489
476
1
2
494
486
-4
-8
485
471
5
7
Georgia
75%
497
496
494
493
3
3
488
486
9
10
483
477
14
19
Maine
75%
509
505
505
501
4
4
504
500
5
5
504
497
5
8
Pennsylvania
75%
501
503
501
502
0
1
498
497
3
6
496
489
5
14
Delaware
74%
503
502
500
499
3
3
502
496
1
6
505
494
-2
8
North Carolina
74%
499
511
499
507
0
4
492
496
7
15
488
482
11
29
Virginia
73%
516
514
515
509
1
5
509
500
7
14
504
494
12
20
Rhode Island
72%
503
505
503
502
0
3
505
500
-2
5
502
490
1
15
Maryland
71%
511
515
511
515
0
0
507
509
4
6
506
503
5
12
Vermont
67%
521
517
516
512
5
5
513
508
8
9
506
499
15
18
Indiana
66%
504
508
501
506
3
2
498
501
6
7
492
494
12
14
Florida
65%
498
498
499
499
-1
-1
498
500
0
-2
497
496
1
2
South Carolina
64%
494
499
491
495
3
4
484
482
10
17
478
473
16
26
Hawaii
61%
490
516
487
514
3
2
488
519
2
-3
483
507
7
9
Oregon
59%
526
528
527
528
-1
0
527
527
-1
1
525
522
1
6
Washington
55%
532
534
528
531
4
3
526
528
6
6
519
517
13
17
Texas
54%
493
502
493
499
0
3
493
500
0
2
495
501
-2
1
Alaska
52%
523
519
518
514
5
5
519
515
4
4
521
513
2
6
California
50%
504
522
501
519
3
3
497
518
7
4
492
509
12
13
Nevada
39%
508
513
507
514
1
-1
510
517
-2
-4
511
508
-3
5
Arizona
33%
526
530
523
524
3
6
521
523
5
7
524
520
2
10
Montana
31%
540
540
537
539
3
1
543
546
-3
-6
549
553
-9
-13
Ohio
29%
539
543
538
542
1
1
533
539
6
4
536
535
3
8
Colorado
26%
560
560
554
553
6
7
534
537
26
23
538
538
22
22
Idaho
21%
544
542
540
539
4
3
540
541
4
1
544
532
0
10
West Virginia
20%
523
511
524
514
-1
-3
526
511
-3
0
525
509
-2
2
Tennessee
16%
572
563
567
557
5
6
563
553
9
10
571
560
1
3
New Mexico
13%
558
547
554
543
4
4
549
543
9
4
559
549
-1
-2
Kentucky
12%
561
559
559
557
2
2
548
550
13
9
552
542
9
17
Wyoming
12%
544
543
551
546
-7
-3
545
545
-1
-2
551
544
-7
-1
Minnesota
11%
592
597
587
593
5
4
581
594
11
3
580
591
12
6
Alabama
10%
567
559
560
553
7
6
559
555
8
4
565
555
2
4
Illinois
10%
594
606
585
597
9
9
568
586
26
20
563
574
31
32
Michigan
14
10%
568
579
563
573
5
6
557
569
11
10
559
565
9
Kansas
9%
585
588
584
585
1
3
574
580
11
8
576
571
9
17
Louisiana
8%
565
562
564
561
1
1
562
558
3
4
560
552
5
10
Nebraska
8%
574
579
569
576
5
3
560
571
14
8
568
570
6
9
Missouri
7%
588
588
587
585
1
3
572
577
16
11
569
566
19
22
Oklahoma
7%
570
563
569
566
1
-3
563
560
7
3
565
553
5
10
Utah
7%
566
557
565
556
1
1
570
569
-4
-12
585
576
-19
-19
Arkansas
6%
563
552
569
555
-6
-3
563
554
0
-2
556
542
7
10
Wisconsin
6%
592
599
587
596
5
3
584
597
8
2
574
585
18
14
Iowa
5%
596
608
593
602
3
6
589
600
7
8
589
595
7
13
South Dakota
5%
589
589
594
597
-5
-8
587
588
2
1
579
576
10
13
-3
Mississippi
4%
564
554
562
547
2
7
562
549
2
5
572
557
-8
North Dakota
4%
590
605
582
601
8
4
588
609
2
-4
587
602
3
3
All Students
49%
508
520
508
518
0
2
505
514
3
6
504
506
4
14
* Based on the projection of high school graduates in 2005 by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), and the number of students in the class of 2005 who took the SAT
Reasoning Test.
** 2002 self-reported twelfth-grade enrollment from D.C.'s public and nonpublic schools was used since WICHE estimated fewer graduating seniors than actual SAT Reasoning Test takers.